This is a set of 5 different STEM activities centered around the story of a slave living in ancient Rome. After hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 of the slave's diary entries. Each one will challenge them to design something that will help him earn his freedom and become a Roman citizen.
 
STEM Challenges in this pack:
Design a Trunk
Create a Fishing Net
Windmill Challenge
Construct a Solar Oven
Build an Aqueduct
 
These STEM challenges use common materials that you probably already have in your classroom.
 
The activities incorporate concepts of;
linear measurement
weight measurement
volume
area
force and motion
heat and light energy
simple machines
the scientific process.
 
The file includes both standard and metric versions.
 
Each challenge in this pack is fully planned out making it easy to get started. They are also highly engaging because students are involved in solving a real-life problem. 
 
Each of the five challenges includes:
teacher instructions
student challenge sheet
planning and design pages
scoring rubric 
 
There are also:
team member role cards
design process cards
master score sheet
associated NGSS standards